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Monday, September 27, 2010

Update Details & Promo Codes

There's several things we are throwing in from Episode 4 to the latest update, it turned out to be not so small update!

Let's start with how the beginning of the game looks on each version:

(Click for full-size comparison)

1. Scoring system reworked. "Score" has been changed to "kills".

2. Multipliers. You get more kills for bigger targets and blowing up the fur bombs when other enemies are in range gets you even more extra kills. Beast mode gives double kills.

Multipliers, hearts, muzzle flashes and kill counter:

3. Remade snow level. It has different layout and everything from trees to bushes is covered in snow. Remember the original Kid Gore? This is a change of similar magnitude.

4. New difficulty selection. Probably my favourite in terms of wow factor. The camera is zoomed way out to give you a better view of the level.

5. Unique muzzle flashes for all weapons. For now it's just a visual flavour but in Episode 4 it is used to communicate co-op weapon efficiency for each player. The closer players get to each other the bigger the muzzle flashes & faster the fire rate. It's made to encourage cooperative play.

Dual-wielding machine gun with the new muzzle flashes:

6. Hearts for health visualization. They are displayed in the top left corner. If the character has 5 health states you don't have to remember how each one looks.

7. Clover pick-up and slots right where you pick up the clovers. Makes it easier to see how many you have because it's displayed where the action is at.

Game Center related changes:

1. Achievements through Game Center with prettier achievement icons.

2. New leaderboards with less clutter and faster response time. OpenFeint leaderboards are gonna be removed.

Let's not stop quite here, then there's the bug fixes:

1. Retina display enabled on iPod touch 4. We got ipt4 at the office and it's working beautifully on it.

2. Flip screen bug fixed on iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4. This one should remain fixed until Apple rolls out the next device with different resolution. ;)

3. Sometimes fire direction got stuck, it shouldn't do that anymore.

Kimmo is working hard on finishing the Game Center implementation, then the update should be ready for testing & submission.

We get some new promo codes for each update. Most people who read this blog probably already have the iPhone version, in any case here's 40 promo codes for the iPhone version you can share with your friends!

Please leave a review on iTunes if you use one :)

EDIT! Looks like all promo codes are taken, I'll clear this space so you don't have to scroll so much EDIT!

140 comments:

OH MY FRIGGIN GOSH, IT'S NEARLY HERE!!!!! Thanks so much MS for all the hard work. just a quicky, are there any plans to have game centre online multiplayer implimented in the future? thanks again for the frequent updates too :D

Thanks for the great update on the upcoming changes, it certainly doesn't hurt getting some of these features before ep.4 hits the Appstore.

I on the other hand have come across what I can only assume as a major bug in Minigore HD. Upon reinstalling it, I seem to have lost everything, all unlocked characters, kills, etc.

The weird thing is that Crystal recognizes my progress, and unlocked characters, but not the game itself. Has anyone come across this problem? and if yes, is there a work-around, or I have to wait for an update?

NO! You guys haven't noticed my bug! Ah well, the update looks real nice , and you've hopefully just forgotten to mention that you've fixed it or something, so i'm not complaining. But I just hope that Apple will hurry up and RELEASE the damn thing!!!! It aint in the UK yet!!!!

As this update seems awesome enough,I still got a few questions:Whats up with the sheep in pic 2?How do you get inferno mode now,when the totems are there?Do you still do the X thingor is it some new way to do it?How many kills do each furry give?

Cool stuff. Cannot wait. As for MS, I read ur comment u left me in the last post comments section. Basically u still said u could not release it in pieces and now u r. No matter what ur reasoning is, u still said one thing was impossible but now ur doing it. Just saying...

I was the anonymous above me it wouldnt let me sign in. I believe i used code #3 and i just copied it on my iphone into the redeem on the appstore app. when i finally got to wifi it had like 25 unable to install notifications but it told me to connect to intunes to finish installing. i conected, installed, and tried it out only to find that it wasnt the new version and that it had wiped all of my data.

is there anyway i can get my unlockes back. id really like to get this cleared up so that i can play the update. Also id like to know if there is any way to get my gangstar gore and kid gore back.

HEY TIMO! i know alot of people will say that "it's a stupid idea or hey stop telling them your ideas"or that im not a fan.truth is im a HUGE fan it's the only game i have on my iPhone seriously!...anyways

I have an idea that i wanna swing your way:Minigore is famous for having requested characters on the roster right? well i was thinking if you would consider asking skyvu to make a "Oliver" character from battle bears as a EXCLUSIVE character that people would buy...but why?Because when they buy the character they would get a FREE EXCLUSIVE map that the enemy's wouldn't be furries or zombies but HUGGABLES!!! it'd be amazing and you can give Oliver some catchphrases from the game and the stage could be on the ship from the actual game itself plus each of the characters could have a catchphrase for that map

John gore:"What the- they're pink?!"Jerry gore:"HAHA!I was right there is teddy bears!"Oliver:"OK!you want some!?" "take that HUGGABLES!"

i was finally able to get it to register my in app purchases, thankfully. however i have not recieved an email of a code or any "we're sorry" message to let me know that you have seen my problem and have looked into it. I understand that the developers at MS are very busy trying to get the next update ready for prime time but a simple email would do.

Yeah but this bug fix has to be submitted yet, so it will gonne take a wail...I think multiplayer wont be avaible before Christmas, that will be next year, Apple takes to much time for approval...They sad the retina bug fix was already submitted, but we have to wait another month for approval of this latest update... That sucks, cant stand those crapy graphics..,(

Some people seem to be confused about the update so here's a short recap:

The update with Game Center is not Episode 4.

The update with Game Center only has the new features listed above, it doesn't have multiplayer or zombie map.

The update with Game Center has not been submitted yet and it is not available in the app store.

It will be sent for beta testing once the Game Center implementation is finished.

About a day ago in the earlier post I said: "There's detailed info about the bug fix update coming up in 24 hours" It does not mean that the update is coming up in 24 hours.

The promo codes are for iPhone version of Minigore, if you already have Minigore for iPhone the code probably shouldn't even work unless iTunes somehow let's you own a game twice.

I can't verify that though because those promo codes only work in United States and we're in Finland and the Finnish app store won't redeem US promo codes.

Madison: If I understood correctly you are saying that you already have Minigore and then you tried downloading it again with the promo code? If the answer is yes then getting yet another promo code doesn't help you. You already own the game and from what I understood Kid Gore & Gangster Gore DLC characters. You should be able to download the DLC characters again by pressing the buy button in the character selection screen. Then the App Store will notify you that "You've already purchased this item. You can download it for free".

Metalbear: Jenny has changed a bit since the last time she was shown and she's otherwise ready except for the dialogue. Any dialogue suggestions are welcome, there's still time to slip them into the game before she makes her appeareance. Cannot talk about the other characters yet.

Nazo: I haven't encountered that bug personally. The code might have checks for Crystal achievements that would get the info back to save game file but I gotta ask Kimmo about that.

Teo Gore: Inferno is still there on both maps but x doesn't always mark the spot. The sheep is a sheep :D

Anonymous, I like Battle Bears and maybe in the future we can cross-promote with them :) For the time being we'll put our effort into finishing the characters we've already started.

ok thanks Timo, i have gotten gangsta gore and kid gore back. I was thinking that you could use a promo to download the updated version even if you had the app already. at least i think that has worked before. I apologize for any hostility on my part i was just angry. Thanks for getting in touch with us and ill be looking forward to the next update.

Thank you so much Timo!! Actually, thanks to EVERYBODY on the Mountain Sheep team!! (Timo, Kimmo, and Jussi to the extent of my knowledge)

I figure Kimmo will take at the most a week, and Apple will take about a week. So I'm thinking between one and two weeks until release. Can't wait! This is going to be awesome!! Looks like Episode 4 is going to be split in half, and this is the first half!!

Thank you Timo for responding. Not exactly what I wanted, but at least it was a response keep this up, and who knows? I might give you your own metallic suit to wear around the new office. I DO NOT WANT TO sound repetitive for anyone who believes so, but Timo:

I hope to learn the fate of Metal Bear soon. Minigore would be a great way of introducing him to the app store, and im continuing to be patient. :)

if i could make a suggestion a really cool character would be the character from minecraft. minecraft is a pc game from an indie dev that took off. it would be cool to contact the dev notch an get a minecraft feature.

@ timo n juzziChaingun and Chinese would be awesome weapon And everyone remember we have a dark knight in hardland And he he is using meelee weapon So Please chainsaw and chingun please

I come up with this ideas in jennys map

What u do is Jenny have to save her toy dolls From this rabbits cas they gonna eat then so Instead of having weapon box fall u have this dolls every now and then and what Jenny does is she walk to them n the doll will start follow And the could either have a shotgun or the luncherAnd they could also count as a health pack if Jenny get hurt the doll die And the max is having two doll and the ammo from the doll is limited and u have to lead them to the safe house or else the dolls fall apart

Well I don't now anything about coding but if u have a co op system Does that mean some how u could like change a lil and make the doll as a bot So even we don't have any other player arround we can have jennys doll as teammate and survive in hardland

Also u can make those dolls as new character Please read and response please Really hope my idea help

hey all at MS. i've been thinking for a while now that inferno mode needs better music. you play the game in standard mode and you have a great sound track. then you go to inferno mode and you would expect more intense music, but insted you get the slow used menu music. i don't know who is responsible for the music at mountain sheep, but maybe you could consider giving the soundtrack a bit more variation for inferno mode. thanks for readingTim

Metalbear Shut the fuck up already about your character. No one gives a shit. It will be implemented when they have time. Maybe if you stopped bitching about that so much people would like you. The beta group actually begged them not to add you to the group because you're so annoying

Thank you both for the advice. I shall keep that in mind next time I bring something up that I haven't for two and a half months.

I don't want to test Minigore. Never requested it. I'm glad the beta testers voiced their opinions on that possibility. I test only a small amount of current games like those from Bolt Creative and RocketCat. Minigore doesn't need more testers.

Hey thanks to Philovskoy Alexander for noticing the sheep at the side! Thats actually pretty cool!So does this mean they're adding the sheep enemies in the next update and just keeping it as a secret?Or does it mean they're just photoshopping it into the photo for our fun?I for one hope its the first one! Goodnight everybody

I no what the sheep is for but I don't wana spoil the suprize and all u guys don't be like "stupid lier" cuz this is a guess but I think I no hat it's for I'll give you a hint: look at timos post and read the hint for infernio ;)

thanks for the response :D and in case you wanna know and everyone else names leandro i was the guy who recommended the battle bears bundle im glad some developers and people like my ideas and @ Welthyhobo thanks for the support dude :D

np i love the idea maby also they could make somthing you could buy for like 50,000 kills which makes the hugables zombies just like in the game P.S. you might wana add a little -leandro so ppl know it you everytime

Bullshit metalbear you bring him up every fucking post just stop nobody gives a damn about your charachter I thought you said you wouldn't be postin here anymore I guess that was a way to get peoples attention just GTFO dumbass

I came back because I realised it was foolish of me to respect the wishes of the anons who do not deserve it. I'm well aware now of what problems those individuals have with me, but it's hilarious they post here to disrespect me and not attempt to do so privately.

Anewkuzyk@hotmail.com if interested.

The majority of the members here I have no issues with. Even Nazo is cool :P

Fuck off Mateo bear u keep bringing up your stupid character Go keep it yourself I don't wana see u here posting " o what about ny bear ?"I'm another person who hate you keep talking about the damn bear In the games there's already one and don't need yours Everyone have their wishes that they want themselves or something they like to be in the game But they keep it themselves so should sonow shut up If u wana say here as a part of the community Make some good suggestion and stop talking about ur stupid bear How would u feel if someone keep talkin about the same thing every post over and over again when that person know other don't wanna see it ? Stop talkin about ur bear !!!

If you do not like something no one is forcing you to read a out it, if someone is very passionate about an idea then they will no doubt want to talk about it. swearing and using shoddy spelling makes you look an utter fool, and is quite funny to read, however is quite sad to know you most likely wrote all of that rant e tiredly seriously.

More positively I can't wait for the updates It seems like it has been far too long since a major gameplay update and I have been checking for updates for the game everynight for the past month or so, I really can not wait for the update but don't rush it work on it and make it extra awesome.

Anyways, has anyone had a problem where you have a grenade launcher while being chased by a bomb furry (I think that's what they're called)? Sometimes, the BF is just as fast as me, so I have no choice but to blast it with the grenades. So I had an idea to waste the grenades by shooting them in front of me so I could shoot the BF with the machine gun. The ammo bar did not move after shooting it for about a whole minute. So I have no choice but to blow up the BF, which explodes in my face, hurting me ruining my streak. Does this happen to anyone else? Does anyone have a solution?

I know im an anonymous :) but to the anonymous's who keep raging at Metalbear I dont see why you hate him. He has done nothing to upset you (from what i've been reading) and taken your abuse without saying anything bad back towards you. If you wish to rage, do it elsewhere.

Metalbear you are a douchebag stop going on and on about your little fag character GTFO you little no life dumbass seriously do you think people want you on this blog?? except for the occasional nice person that doesn't want to hurt your feelings no one really wants you here go annoy toucharcade with your gay charachter NOBODY LIKES YOU OR YOUR CHARACTER

Jenny quotes :"save paper dont do homework""if Life is a joke then i dont get it""buy my girl scout cookies""why fight to live when you live to die". Weapon pick up: "u know what i say , if you fail to prepare then prepare to fail"

@Anonymous, I agree with @Machination. If you're going to insult members of this community while hiding behind the mask of anonymity, it is YOU that needs to get lost. On the other hand, it is rather entertaining to see you embarrass yourself....

hmmm you know i was wondering about ideas for a story mode implemation and drew some ideas in a notebook and i was thinking that the story mode can be a book that with every update comes a new chapter for story mode leading up to the final fight against Puppet Master! :D

@timoCould you please change the enemys in the snow level? Not a big change but maybe just changeing the colour of the furies and maybe changing the colour of the worm wolf just to give the snow level a different feel. Thanks.-Dan

Timo: can u make a different boss for the ice level , instead of a wolf worm u could have a yeti or a snow animal of some kind like a big mountain goat with big horns, and it can charge at you really fast.

Timo: just one more idea , in the graveyard level instead of the zombies coming at you from the different corners you could have them coming out of the ground with something to tell you that its coming out from that area so that you have a bit of time to stay away.

If you like this idea and my other idea conserning the chang of the ice level boss then type " i like jans idea "

Wow another douchebag posting crap about teo gore and metalbear I'm kinda getting suspicious and i think maybe it's metalbear who's the anonymous and he's doing this to get attention Now I maybe wrong but it seems that's the way it looks to me -Sunny

I can assure you I'm not doing anything such as posing as an anon for attention. I don't resort to such childish things. I even have a good idea at this point who at least some of these disrespectful anons are, even one may or may not be on mountainsheep's beta tester team.

@anon ^It's not a bad idea to be suggesting ideas now, just because they're working on episode 4 at the moment, it doesn't mean that they can take into account what people are interested in seeing in the game. i also like jans idea. i would love to see, like whats happening with the zombie level, enemies on each level to be different, even if its just appearence.

i mentioned up the page a bit about a different music track for inferno mode, but thinking about it, the snow level could also benefit from a new track as well. let me know what you think, cos i love the original game track and if there were similar awesome tracks for each different level, i think it would just add more variety to the game.

Hope all the work on the upcoming updates are going well MS, looking forward to seeing how it'll all turn out.Tim

@Jan and Dan:Timo wrote:Remade snow level. It has different layout and everything from trees to bushes is covered in snow. Remember the original Kid Gore? This is a change of similar magnitude.--------------------------------

As there's no new boss coming up yetfor the snow level,i could gamble a clover thatthey will add one later.

@Jan2:Dont worry,when it comes to ideas,i've written an godly amount of them.:3But yes,if you want your ideas to come true,wait until episode 4.

I'd like to see it possible to talk to your partner :D and put in new weapons including melee weapons:'KATANA,BAT,A MACKERAL,AND POSSIBLY THE DREADED CHAINSAW!!!!!" as for firearms i wish to see:"FLAMETHROWER,LASER GUN,ROCKET LAUNCHER!" as for the modes id like to see "defend the post" where you and your teamates protect a shelter from furries and zombies :D and id like to see a "TEAM DEATHMATCH" where 2 up to 4 players duke it out and maybe "Capture the Flag" where the players see who can collect the most flags before being killed and probably new places to play like a city,a town,Farms and it'd be WICKED COOL if you added...VEHICLES!!!!!!!! that way you and you partner can help each other out while one shoots and the other one drives, and i'd like to see a storymode plus new characters like "Oliver from battle bears","the good solider from Trenches"AND '"Rasta monkey" and finally i'd like to see New Bosses and a feature where you can create your own gores and new achievements along with new bosses and connectivity with Facebook :D i hope my suggestions help keep up the good work!!! looking forward to episode to 4

Hmmm, seems that people are posting their ideas. Since it's happeningI might as well post about weapons. Now just to clarify, These are not my weapon ideas, as I'm only posting that how they can work, so there is a chance for them to be implemented in the game.

Flamethrower - Now the Flamethrower wouldn't really work in the Minigore Worldas there is the "Firey" versions of the furries, so my only guess on how it would work would be that it would be strong against normal furries, but weak against "Firey" versions of them. Another idea is the Flamethrower would work as a torch as the flames would light up during the nighttime cycles.

Revolver - I can't fully think a way for how it would work, maybe a slower rate of fire compared to the normal machine gun, but a bit more stronger.

Rocketlauncher - My guess would be a farther range then the Grenadelauncher and same damage of the Grenadelauncher, but the radius of the explosion could be smaller and slower rate of fire. Plus adding a bit of kick back for everytime you shoot would be pretty interesting.

Sniper Rifle - Now from all the other ideas listed above, this is my idea as I haven't read anything about this being a idea. The way it could work is the shot could go through multiple furries and the shot would obviously be fast, but the second shot would be pretty slow.

Well I'm done, and to clarify once again that these (Besides the Sniper Rifle) aren't mine and I'm just showcasing on how they can shoot. For the real reason on why I post this is, well I'm just waiting for the update. Sorry for the long post, but I hope one of these ideas would be apart of the game.

MS time to release more info of what u get in hand now Cas we have wait long enough :) Please

Reply to the revolver idea Perhas u would get deul revolvers from the createsAnd they always come in two Low fire rate perhaps faster than a shotgun but it's fire rate would be upgradable Its like how gangster gore work :) Base on machine-gun as a parmary weapon Duel revolver will have 25% slower fire rate but 50% strong damage Also it would allow the player when it fast get the duel revolver They could run faster for 15 second ( the speed u run when u get hurt) So

Ive got an idea for another boss in the zombie level...THE GIANT PUNKIN! you could fight a giant punkin that attacks you with its roots and you have to cut off all of it roots/vines to attack it and do damage to it untill it grows it vines back!-Dan